1 Introduction

The section introduces the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee's emphasis on global governance since the 18th National Congress. It highlights President Xi Jinping's global governance initiative, stressing the need for China to cultivate professionals to participate in global governance. Foreign language education plays a crucial role in this effort. Beijing Foreign Studies University (BFSU) is committed to training global governance talents that meet the requirements of the new era to serve national strategies.

2 New Requirements for Global Governance Talent Training in Higher Foreign Language Education

This section explores the new demands faced by higher foreign language education in the context of global governance talent cultivation. It emphasizes a shift in educational philosophy from an adaptive approach to a leadership-oriented one, aiming to develop talents who can play leading roles in international organizations. The teaching perspective should transition from direct observation to comprehensive and holistic views, fostering students' global competence. The development path should move from single-discipline focus to interdisciplinary integration, constructing a "foreign language +" composite talent cultivation model. The training paradigm should evolve from digital-intelligence empowerment to cultivating digital-intelligence governance capabilities, establishing a "language proficiency + digital-intelligence literacy + global perspective" training system to cultivate more internationally competitive composite talents.

3 BFSU's Practice in Global Governance Talent Training

As the first foreign language institution of higher education founded by the Chinese Communist Party, BFSU consistently upholds moral education as its fundamental task, actively aligns with national strategic needs, and explores the formation of distinctive talent training programs with BFSU characteristics. Against the backdrop of the digital-intelligence era, BFSU is dedicated to cultivating practical global governance talents, aiming to nurture students' national sentiment and global perspective, enhance their professional capabilities in international organizations, diplomacy and foreign affairs, and transnational trade, and prepare them to participate in and lead global rule-making, multilateral negotiations, and cross-cultural dialogues. At the undergraduate level, the focus is on cultivating composite, practical talents, emphasizing interdisciplinary knowledge systems and foundational practical skills. At the postgraduate level, the emphasis is on training talents for international organizations, focusing on specialized knowledge accumulation in specific fields and enhancing competencies for international organization roles.

At the undergraduate level, BFSU faces challenges such as incomplete mechanisms for interdisciplinary and cross-boundary integration, insufficient practical abilities in global governance, and the need to strengthen the mutual empowerment of language advantages and digital-intelligence capabilities. To address these issues, BFSU has adopted the "Five-Five-Five" concept to build a composite, practical talent training system. It promotes innovation and upgrading of the talent cultivation model from five aspects: implementing the fundamental task of moral education, establishing interdisciplinary platforms, constructing practical training systems, creating language-digital integration courses, and building digital communication bridges. Through collaboration with multiple institutions, BFSU has developed interdisciplinary course systems, launched new majors and micro-majors, and deepened theoretical foundations in global governance. It has established a five-in-one practical training system, conducted contextualized teaching activities, and provided practical training opportunities. BFSU offers "language + data" dual-degree programs and data literacy courses, promotes digitalization in extracurricular activities, undertakes the construction of national global language service platforms, establishes laboratories and teaching courses, and builds smart teaching cloud platforms to provide strong support for faculty and students.

At the postgraduate level, BFSU faces challenges in international organization talent cultivation, including systematizing and scaling up training mechanisms, transforming practical abilities, ensuring the sustainability of training outcomes, and improving evaluation systems. BFSU has evolved its training mechanisms from "pilot exploration" to "scaled effectiveness," constructing an excellent talent training system that transitions from "knowledge input" to "ability output." It has developed a talent cultivation model of "early identification—early cultivation—early practice," providing a strong guarantee for training international organization talents that meet national strategic needs in the new era. Graduates from BFSU's School of International Organizations have shown positive career development trajectories, with students undertaking internships in international organizations across various countries and regions. Some graduates have secured positions in renowned international organizations, foreign-related national ministries, institutions, and multinational corporations. The school also provides high-quality development platforms for academic talents.

4 BFSU's New Concept for International Development: BFSU-CREATE Global Strategy

This section introduces BFSU's BFSU-CREATE global strategy, designed to advance international development. BFSU represents four key goals: enhancing the capacity to serve national strategies, fostering teachers' global competitiveness, developing students' global competence, and boosting the university's global influence. CREATE encompasses six plans: Global Partnership Plan, aiming to elevate cooperation with world-class universities, language-targeted countries, and international organizations, and build an internationalized disciplinary resource platform; Global Reputation Plan, focusing on overseas institutional layout, enhancing academic reputation, constructing communication platforms, and alumni associations; Global Faculty Plan, aimed at broadening faculty's international perspectives, introducing high-level talents, and optimizing the management of international faculty; Global Academic Plan, involving international academic collaboration, building a matrix of language-specific academic journals, and strengthening regional studies; Global Talent Plan, focusing on developing internationalized curricula, conducting joint training programs, establishing internship bases, and creating a study abroad brand; Global Support Plan, aimed at fostering an international campus culture, promoting management internationalization, establishing assessment mechanisms, and expanding operations through institutional support.

5 Conclusion

This section emphasizes the critical role of higher foreign language education in serving national strategies and participating in global governance in the new era. BFSU aims to cultivate global governance talents with national sentiment, global perspectives, and professional expertise. It has constructed practical talent training systems at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels, promoted innovative practices such as curriculum ideological and political guidance and interdisciplinary integration, and supported these efforts through the BFSU-CREATE global strategy. This practice provides valuable experience for the reform of higher foreign language education, helps China play a leading role in global governance, and contributes to building a community with a shared future for mankind.